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Sensing Amyloid-β Aggregation Using Luminescent Dipyridophenazine Ruthenium(II) Complexes
被引:120
作者:
Cook, Nathan P.
[1
]
Torres, Veronica
[1
]
Jain, Disha
[1
]
Marti, Angel A.
[1
,2
]
机构:
[1] Rice Univ, Dept Chem, Houston, TX 77005 USA
[2] Rice Univ, Dept Bioengn, Houston, TX 77005 USA
关键词:
IMAGING MICROSCOPY;
ALZHEIMERS-DISEASE;
THIOFLAVIN-T;
DNA;
PROBE;
SWITCH;
CELL;
D O I:
10.1021/ja204656r
中图分类号:
O6 [化学];
学科分类号:
0703 ;
摘要:
The aggregation of amyloid-beta (A beta) peptides has been associated with the onset of Alzheimer's disease. Here, we report the use of a luminescent dipyridophenazine ruthenium(II) complex to monitor A beta fibrillization. This complex is not photoluminescent in aqueous solution nor in the presence of monomeric A beta, but it presents a strong photoluminescence in the presence of A beta fibril aggregates. One of the advantages of this metal complex is its large Stokes shift (180 nm). Furthermore, the long-lived photoluminescence lifetime of this ruthenium complex allows its use for the detection of fibrillar proteins in the presence of short-lived fluorescent backgrounds, using time-gating technology. We will present evidence of the advantages of dipyridophenazine ruthenium (II) complexes for monitoring protein fibrillization in highly fluorescent media.
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页码:11121 / 11123
页数:3
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